hot mess
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridgeA warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
» The debate was a hot mess.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
(US, informal)A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.
(US, informal)A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive.
(Southern US, informal, obsolete)Trouble.
I'm in a hot mess.
Examples
3 sentencesThe debate was a hot mess.
You were a hot mess back then.
Tom's a hot mess.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
hot (“warm”) + mess (“meal; soldiers who eat together”). hot (“uncomfortable”) or hot (“ahot (“warm”) + mess (“meal; soldiers who eat together”).
hot (“uncomfortable”) or hot (“attractive”) + mess (“disarray”).
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Forms
plural: hot messes| Singular | hot mess |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable